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A general idea of the College of Mirania; : with a sketch of the method of teaching science and religion, in the several classes: and some account of its rise, establishment and buildings. Address'd more immediately to the consideration of the trustees nominated, by the Legislature, to receive proposals, &c. relating to the establishment of a college in the province of New-York

by: Smith, William, 1727-1803

Publication date: 1753

Topics: Universities and colleges -- Planning, Universities and colleges -- Curricula, Education, Higher, Imprint 1753

Publisher: New-York: : Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street,

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana; globallibraries

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

Item Size: 329.3M

86 p. ; 20 cm. (4to)

Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of the Univ. of Penn. (1896)

Signed on p. 81: W. Smith

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-K⁴ L⁴ (-L4)

Errata: p. [3]